Evening Star Newspaper, August 4, 1923, Page 1

WEATHER. Showers and thunasrstorms prob- able tonight and Su ; continued warm. Temperature—Highest, 94, at 3 p.m. yesterday: lowest, 73, at 6.30 today. Full report on page Closing N. Y. Stocks and Bonds, Page IE _— No. 28,949. Entered as second-clase matier post office Washington. D_C. GRIEVING NATION PAYS TRIBUTE TO ITS DEAD LEADER Rich, Poor, Mighty and Meek Among Silent Thousands Who Meet Train Having Body. LOVE SHOWN FOR HER HUSBAND GIVES MRS. HARDING STRENGTH President’s Widow Bearing Up Well Under Terribe Ordeal of Sad Trip Across Continent. Fir the Assoctated Press ON BOARD HARDING SPECIAL FUNERAL TRAIN, AT SPARKS, Nev., August 4—The special train bearing to Wash- ington the body of President Harding paused here a few minutes this morning before speeding onward on its long journey. _ Here, as at every station passed during the long night, were silent men, women and children, all with heads bared and many with bowed heads. There were little boys and girls, hardly vet out of school age. but the: same respect as their elders. BOARD HARDING FUNERAL TRAIN, ROSEVILLE, noust 4.—The sorrow in the hearts of the American peo- e e e 4 —lhe sorrow in the hearts of the death of their leader was exemplificd today by silent | along the railroad side as the special train bearing the | ©f Warren G. Harding traversed western California and| the wide reaches of Nevada. With bared heads they stood. sometimes in groups of hun- dreds. sometimes only a score and sometimes singly. There was none too poor, none too rich, none too mighty or none too humble | to pay their mark of respect to the memory of President Hard- ing. They were conscious only of showing their sorrow, but to those on the funeral train they typified the American people as a | whole. It was the same from early morning on through the day. It had been the same since the train left San Francisco at 7:15 last evening. It will be the same throughout the 3.000-mile journey to Washington, and, after that, the trip to Marion, Ohio. The nation mourns as the saddest trans-continental journey in its history is being made. GIVES MRS. HARDING STRENGTH. Mingled with their sorrow, the silent barehead people felt the utmost sympathy for the bravely calm woman who rides | with her dead in the last car of the train. The hurriedly passing train gave them no opportunity to express their sympathy in words, but Mrs. Harding read it in their faces. It gave her strength in this hour of sorrow, but it also was a constant re- minder, even though she needed none, of her great loss. Mrs. Harding continued to bear| As the gray casket, covered by an| up well under strain and was still | American Hag, topped with a wreath | g «. | of California carnations, was gently &s determined as she was on TOUrS-| 5114 Into the hearse, the chimes of evening that she woulin't break St. Patricks Catholic Church, just a down. She retired early last night, | block distant, tolled “Nearer, My God, temporarily exhausted by the ordeal showed the same reverence and the ~urciicon beo- i American peo- WASHINGTON, D. C “CARRYING ON.” L4 TH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION g SATURDAY, AUGUST 4, 1923_TWENTY-SIX PAGES. J Nation Called to Day of Mourning By President Coolidge’s Proclamation To the People of the United States: L (I 50 D B o [ 1 1 To the inscrutable wisdom In the Providence. \Warren Gamaliel Harding. President of twenty-ninth the United States, has been taken from us. The na- tion has lost a wise and enlightened states- man and the American people a true friend and counselor whose whole public life was inspired with the desire to promote the best interests of the United States and the wel- fare of all its citizens. His private life was marked by gentleness and brotherly sym- pathy, and by the charm of his personality he made friends of all \\l'ho came in con- tact with him. cobjc of & t se uise: i nite sosez tates: } he as a day o 2% out the L ten the nation. It is meet that the deep grief which fills the hearts of the American people should find fitting expression. o A e 5 forty-eighth. Now, therefore, I, Calvin Coolidge, Presi- dent of the United States of America, do appoint Friday next, August 10, the day on which the body of the dead President will be laid in its last earthly resting place ORSE ACQUITTED, as a day of mourning and prayer through- wonLIIE T mourning and Tnited Stac mend the people to assemble on in their respective places of divine worship there to bow down in submission to the will of Almighty God and to pa full hearts the homage of love and rever- ence to the memory of the great and good President whose death has so sorely smit- In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the United States to be affixed. Done at the city of Washington the fourth day of August, in thé $éar 6f dur Lord one thousand nine twenty-three, and of the independence of the United States the one hundred and By the President: CHARLES E. HUGHES, 10,000 Children to Pay Tribute As Funeral Cortege Passes, rongp- rough- bDiszer £ { praver t T carmestlxs that dav y out of hundred and CALVIN COOLIDGE. Secretary of State. to_Thee The bright array hic Arine ay ght array of uniforms which While she sought sleep the silent groups marked the passing of the train. When San Francisco had pald | its last respect, other towns and cities along the route took up the task. Burlingame, S Red- wood City, Tracy. .| Niles aml others continued tribute The the which began at the Golden Gate. coming of darkness seemed to make no difference and thousands stood | along the tracks at Stockton as the train’ crept slowly through the city. All was quiet on the train during the night. There was only the clicking of the car wheels as the train sped on. The only movement was the hourly change in the guard of honor beside the flag-draped cof- fin in the last car. Each hour two soldiers, a sailor nd a marine made their way quietly through the train to the last car. Soon afterward the guard they relieved made its way back “I won't break down: my thoughts will go just as fast as the train.” Mrs. Harding was the last member of the official party to leave the hotel She came down to her automobile on the urms of Brig. Gen. Sawyer and Secretary Christian at 7 o'clock, al- most thirty minutes after ‘the casket started moving toward the station. She was spared the ordeal of watch- ing the casket, carried by soldiers, sailors and marines, wend its way through the hotel lobby to the street through « colorful array of military officers, while the Navy band outside the hotel played “The Star Spangled Banner” and “Lead. Kindly Light,” Mr. Harding's favorite hymn. Scenes of Unutterable Sorrow Mark Departure for Capital | By the Asgociated Press. SAN FRANCISCO, August 4.—In sorrow unutterable, San Francisco last night bade good-bve to all that was mortal of Warren Gamaliel Hard- ing, who until a few hours ago was President; of the United States. To his widow, Mrs. Harding, the city said au revoir with a compassion un- witnessed here since those sad days of the earthquake and fire when San Francisco had unassuageable sorrow of her own. The outpouring of this compassion came at sunset, when the city's thou- sands lined the streets leading from the Palace Hotel, where President Harding died Thursday night, to the Southern Pacific station, where his body was placed on board.a special train to be taken to Washington. Escorted by a cortege of Army, Navy and Marine detachments, led by men high in official life in city, state and nation, theody of the late Presi- dent was carried to the same raflwa: station through which he entered the three branches of the military service brought to the procession was in sharp contrast to the garb of frock- | coated statesmen who followed the| hearse. i Around the Montgomery street can- opy of the Palace Hotel was gath- ered an imposing array of statesmen whose names are household words in the nation. There was Gen. John J. Pershing, Becretaries Hoover, Work and Wal- lace, Attorney General Daugherty. Associate Justice McReynolds of the United States Supreme Court, Rear Admirals Simpson and J. S. McKean Senator Samuel Shortridge, Repre- sentative Jullus Kahn and Mayor James Rolph. Daugherty Too Il to Walk. With the exception of Attorney General Daugherty, whose condition would not stand the strain, all the notables walked to the station. While the cortege passed through silent thousands to the station, Cali- fornia flowers. which had been' gath- ered lavishly to invite the smiles of the man who loved them, were show- ered by airplanes from the sky. that his pathway into the beyond would be one of increased beauty and brightness. At the Southern Paclfic depot the body was placed on board the Hard- ing special traln, which was covered with shrubbery and flowers gathered from California gardens. A shaft of sunlight broke through a cloud just before the sun set in the Golden Gate and lighted the skies just as the brilliantly lighted coach | sped out of the west on the frst{ stretch of its sorrowful journey to Washington. | city last Sunday morning to be for a few days its guest of honor. The body was placed in the same car he occupied on coming here and started on that final journey from which none, not even Presidents, returns. The same sun which he saw set be- hind the Golden Gate in a halo of mist Thursday night from his hotel win- dow last night burnished for a few brief moments the metal of his bier. Body Taken from Hotel. At 5:57 p.m. the body of the Presi- dent was removed from the sitting room of the presidential suite in the Palace Hotel and started from the eighth floor to the New Montgomery street entrance, where the hearse was walting. At _6:08 p.m. the body was placed in the hearse and started for the station, while airplanes from Crissy Field, at the Presidio, flew in battle formation overhead 'as an aerial escort. Troop E of the 11th Cavalry sat at attention before the hearse. As the body was removed from the hotel cavalry buglers sounded attention, then the customary fdurishes and (Continued on Page 3, Column 3. S WTH ASSUGATES, OFFRALD CHARGES Found Not Guilty of Plot to Defraud Government on | War Contracts. | Charles W. Morse, New York ship- buflder; his three sons, Ervin A Morse, Benjamin W. Morse and Har- ry F. Morse, and his assoclates, Ru- pert Much, Nehemiah H. Campbell and Richard O. White, were acquit- ted today by the jury in criminal division 1 of charges that they had conspired to defraud the United States and the Fleet Corporation—a government agency—through war- time contracts. Phillp Reinhardt, formerly an auditor of the Fleet Corporation, indicted with the Morses, was also declared not guilty. Justice Stafford, in discharging the jurors, expressed the wish that their “future lives may be happy and that they reap the reward of a good con- sclence when they reflect on their verdict.” Counsel for the prosecution ap- peared disappointed with the ver- dict, but declined to comment on Il.‘ Attorneys for the defense were elated, and hastened to congratulate the jurors and thank them for their verdict. Charles W. Morse with difficulty suppressed his tears when Foreman | Willlam Carroll announced the ver-’ dict of not guilty. The other de-‘ fendants appeared much relieved. e vin Aforse and Miss Alice Owens, a friend, also shook the hand of each juror and expressed their delight. Delay in Announcement. Word was received at 10:30 o'clock that the jury had reached a decision but Ervin A. Morse had not arrived at the courthouse and a delay of three-quarters of an hour ensued. Young Morse, hastening to court, had experienced a flat tire at 9th street and Massachusetts avenue and stop- ped to change his tire. It was 11:10 o'clock when Justice Stafford took the bench, and within two minutes the jury filed into court. As the name of each defendant was read by Clerk Adkins, the foreman repeated the words: “Not gullty.” The defendants had as counsel Wil. ton J. Lambert, Willlam E. Leahy. F. (Continued on Page 2, Column 7 Washington children will pay their | of the children in the funeral rites reverent respect to the memory of | were tentatively made today by Mrs, the late President as his funeral|Susie Root Rhodes, supervisor of Wednesday from the White House| Mrs. Rhodes is desirous of having to the Capitol. where it will lie in [the children sing one of the late Pres- wtate. Tem thousand children. re.|ideNtS favorite hymns as the hearse cruited from the municipal play passes the congregation of children. grounds, will form in front of the| will be done if the plans do not |Robert Lawrence, director of the Com- interfere with those of Col. Sherrill. District bullding and as the cortege | munity Music Association, will be passes, will strew the street with asked to lead the big chorus. fone | _All of the children will be dressed lin" white. They will range Arrangements for the particlpation from six to sixtesn years: PAGT WITH TURKEY WAITS SIGNATURES BY A. R. DECKER. By Cable to The Star and Chicago Daily News. Copsright, 1823 ¥ LAUSANNE, August 4—After nine months of conversation and negotia- tlons, the American and Turkish dele- gations at Lausanne are ready to sign the treaty of amity and commerce today. Joseph C. Grew, the American min- ister, has been instructed to sign, and Ismet Pasha, the chief of the Turkish delegation, hourly is expect- hx\g word from Angora telling him to sign. Officially, the contents of the treaty have not been made known, but it is | expected that they will be disclosed today. The treaty Is supposed to contain about thirty articles, includ- ing a clause regarding the straits. It is thought that this treaty will give | in age FEDERAL OFFICES CLOSED 3 DAYS President Coolidge, through Secretary of State Hughes, to- day issued an order closing all executive departments on Tue day after 1 o’clock and on We mesday, Thursday and Friday. The body of the late President is expected to arrive in Wash- ington at 1:30 o’clock Tuesday. The order follows: “By order of the President, all executive departments il be closed on Tuesday, August 7, at and after 1 o’clock p.m., and on Wednesday, Thursday and Fri- day, August 8, and 10" At the same time an execu- tive order was issued ordering flags to remain at half-staft until the close of Monday, Sep- tember 3; postponing formal calls of organtzations or of o clals in a body until after Sep- tember 3 and calling off offfcial entertainments until December 1, 1923, | | | | the United States slightly better ad- vantages than does the treaty be- tween the Turks and the allies. The Turks tell the writer that they are pleased with the spirit shown by the American delegation, with their wisdom and a desire for conciliation. A Significant Fact According to the compilation of the latest reports of the Audit Bureau of Circulation, printed in the Editor Star. “From Press to Home Within the Hour" The Star's carrier system covers every city block and the regular edi tion is delivered to Washington homes as fast as the papers are printed Yest'erd_ly'l Cin-huu. ‘I.l..’i i “TWO CENTS COOLIDGE PROCLAIMS MOURN HARDIG FUNERAL SERVEE PLANNED HERE WEDNESDAY Gen. Pershing to Lead Escort of Casket From White House to Capitol. BODY TO LIE IN STATE BENEATH GREAT DOME New President Issues Executive Order After Approval of Widow. ‘With a magnificence befitting the funeral of the President of the United States and marked by a solemn dig- nity and simplicity. the state funeral of the late Warren G. Harding will be held here next Wednesday morning. The body will reach Washington Tuesday at 1.30 pm. Announcement to this made today by Col. C. ¢ of the ofice of public bulidings and srounds, following a long conference witn Pr. 2 effect Sherrill, Pershing to Lead. Before considering with Col. Sher- rill details for this last iribute to the deceased executive, President Coolidge said he desired to be grand marshal of the impres- sive procession that will accompany the casket containing the remains of Mr. Harding to the Capitol. where they will be placed upon the cuta- falque to lie in state. An order to this effect was then signed by Presi- dent Coolidge, and Gen. Pershing was communicated with by wire It was made known at President Coolidge'y illard headquarters today that former President Woodrow Wilson and Mrs. Wilson had been invited to join in the procession. In the event hat Mr. Wilson ‘finé it possible to ac- Gept, a pesition fn the line befitting his distinction will be made for him. As announced officially today, the executive order regarding the funeral, gned by President Coolidge, fol- On arrival of funeral train in Union station, the President, escorted by military aids, with members of the cabinet. Chief Justice, the acting president pro tempore of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Rep- resentatives, will accompany the re- mains to the White House. Escort to Capitol. “On Wednesday at 10 o'clock am the remains will be escorted to the Capitol. The hearse will be preceded by a suitable military escort, followed the civic procession, in proper or- (Details to be arranged.) On’ arrival at the Capitol the re- mains will be placed in the center of the rotunda, where the funeral serv- ices will be held. The President will then proceed from the Capitol to his apartment in the New Willard Hotel. “The remains of the deceased Pres- ident._ will then lie in state in the rotunda of the Capitol until 6 p.m. Wednesday night. The rotunda will be open to the public from 4 to 6 p.m. The placing of wreaths and other tokens of respect by the public will be allowed.” Only Small Escort. Only a small military escort, headed by a platoon of mounted policemen, will_escort the funeral party from the Union station when it arrives at 1:30 p.m. Tuesday. The President and Mrs. Coolidge and members of the cabinet and the Chief Justice will occupy automobiles. directly behind those of the widow and members of the party bringing the body back to | Washington. The route to be followed from the Union station to the White House will be: From the plaza to D street, to North Capitol, to E street and into Pennsylvania avenue, to 15th street, into Pennsylvania avenue again and into the White House grounds. It has not been decided whether or not there will be any funeral services held during the time the body of the late President rests in the east room of the White House. Only relatives and the President and Mrs. Coolidge, members of the cabinet, the Chief Jus- tice and a few friends will visit the bier there. Military Escort. The military escort for the state funeral on Wednesday, which will proceed to the White House at 10 a.m., will consist of about 2,500 soldiers and sailors stationed in and about Washington and a regiment of ma- rines from Quantico, Va. This sec- tion " of the funeral procession will station itself along East Executive avenue and the civic section will be stationed along West Executive ave- nue. Each of these sections will take its proper position as the caisson bearing the casket of the mourned President, followed by members of the family, President and Mrs. Coolidge, members of the cabinet, and those friends who have been asked to be a part of the family section of the procession, en- ters Pennsylvania avenue from the White House grounds. Following the conference today be- ‘ween Maj. Sullivan, chief of police, and Inspector Shelby and Col. Sher- rill, it was decided to have the Ave- nué roped off by means of cable dur- ing the period of the procession. The platforms along the Avenue will be removed temporarily, and street car service will be discontinued, as well as vehicle traffic. Guard of Police. The large cordon of police will be placed about the Union station dur- ing the arrival of the party accom- panying the late President’s body and during their departure. The streets to be traversed in bearing the re- mains from the station to the White and Publisher, the circulation of both THE EVENING STAR and THE SUNDAY STAR in. Washington and its suburbs (a radius of 25 miles) is approximately 50% greater than the nearest competitor, morning or evening. In Washington and its suburbs just about every one who reads a newspaper reads The Star. e il e ] | House and from the Capitol to the Union station will be roped off. Among_ the civic and patriotic bodies that will be represented will be the Grand Army of the Republic, Spanish _War Veterans, Sons of Vet- Confederate Veterans, Sons of merican Revolution. Boy Scouts American Legion, Vet- s and Disabled {Continued on Page 2, Column 8. sen. John J. Pershing | \\|| NEXT FRIDAY AS DAY OF ING FOR HARDING Date of Burial for Dead Leader Is Set Aside by New President for Nation to Pay Respects. NO DECISION AS TO HIS POLICIES UNTIL LATE EXECUTIVE IS BURIED Wheels of Government to Continue as at Present—Special Session of Congress Is Regarded Unlikely. Taking up the administration of the government today, his irst day in Washington since he took the oath of office, Presi- dent Calvin Coolidge signed a proclamation setting Friday, August 10, the day of the funeral of the late President Harding. as a day of mourning throughout the nation. President Coolidge made it clear today there would be no tatement in regard to the policies of his administration until after the interment of President Harding. There was no quali- fication of this statement. The wheels of the government would continue to operate, it was said, as at present. There was no reasomn, it was made clear. that the negotiations now under way with Mexico and with other foreign nations should proceed uninterrupted. not No statement was forthcomin Sio sevccrons sms porspeomii today from 3 President Coolidg= foqed. trous Lrezigens Coopane No statement was forthcoming today from President Coolid as to whether there would be a special session of Congress calied It has been generally understood. however. that nmo such sessic would be called unless there should arise such an emergency a- would demand it. The President gave much of his time today to perfecting the arranzc- ments for the funeral of President Harding. He was up early at “temporary White House,” established in the Willard Hotel. Postmastc General New was summoned on the telephone and was early in confer ence with the President. Col. Sherrill, superintendent of public building: and grounds and military aid to the President, was with the President fo sometime, going over details of the funeral arrangements. Col. Hine director of the Veterans' Bureau. called to pay his respects, and lat Secretary Denby of the Navy Department, who has just returned to Wast ington, was with the President. Issues Proelamation. The proclamation of the President of a day of mourning for the laic President Harding was brought to the apartments of President Coolidg: by the { lr'd assistant secretary of state, Butler Wright. soon after 1 o'clock this’ morning. The Président signed it and the document was thé taken to the statement department and later was formally made pub!l None of the resignations of the |y o tneir geep regret upon ,he]d,. members of the cabinet was this|oe” pregident Harding. In the list Do b;'fore e ]l;{e Wwere messages of regret and sy made ear. owever, that s a rrye - statement of vesterday to the effect [PAIRY from King Albert of Belgiun, that he hoped to have the heads|niillsrand of France. Fouad. King + of the executive departments com- |Lgyne: Prime . Minister Witos posing the cabinet of the late Presi- |poland, Belisario Porras, President « dent Harding remain in office and|panama; C. D, B. King, President o' aid him with their counsel. 8tooU. |[iberia; Aurelie Alavarez, pre The res'gnations of the members|of the Cuban senate, and Pre ror the cabinet. however, dwm be | Lequia of Peru 4 ormally tendered, it is understood. | The third floor of the Willard Hot Postmaster General New made this |where the presidential suite 18 Jocat plain, commenting on the fact that|has in the twinkling of an eye beer it is the usual custom following the | transformed into the official residen: death of a President and that the|of the President of the United States President should have free and full |Ushers, secret service men. visitors opportunity to select the members |calling to pay their gespects and off. of his official family. their services to the new Presic newspaper correspondents throng corridors and lend a new atmosphere No Changes Now. Governmental matters will retatn their status quo until after the| STOPS IN PHILADELPHIA. funeral of Mr. Harding. The sccre- ————— tary to the President, George Chris- | President Greeted by Small Crowd tian, remains secretary to the Pres dent, and the physician to the Presi- dent, Gen. Sawyer, remains the ph. sician of the President. No changes are to be expected for the present, and when any changes are made there will be formal notification of them. President Coolidge had a good night's rest after his long trip from Vermont to Washington, which ended here last night soon after 9 o'clock. He appeared much refreshed and in good condition when he received call- ers today. The President held his first confer- ence with the representatives of the press at 11 o'clock this morning. It was stated that the executive offices of the President would be open to the Press representatives just so far as possible, in order that information of interest to the public might be given out. The President called attention to the fact “this government is your government.” in addressing the news- paper men, and expressed his confi- dence that the correspondents would give their best service to the country. To Visit Capitol Today. This afternoon the President will visit the Capitol. where he will “look things over” and glve further atten- tion to the details of the funeral ar- rangements for the late President Harding. The executive offices of the Presi- dent are for the present at the Wil- lard Hotel. The press of executive business has made it necessary today to add four more rooms adjoining the presidential suite. and clerks have Dbeen installeq in them. Royaity Pays Tribute. Many cablegrams were received by President Coolidge today from the rulers of foreign BOVErNMENts eXpres By the Associated Press the grief he felt at the death of his friend. Brig. Gen. Charles G. Dawes, first director of the budget, broke down and sobbed here last night while broadcasting a final tribute to the late President, Warren G. Harding, from a radio station. He was unable to finish his talk and the program was abruptly terminated. Gen. Dawes’ eulogy on the Presi- dent was to feature a radio memo. rial for the dead President—the firs! to be sent into the air. He sat in the broadcasting station and llstened to the favorite hymns of the deceased executive, sung by a male quartet. “Nearer, My God, to Thee," “Jesus, Lover of My Soul,” ““Abide With Me,” and “My Faith Looks Up to Thee" were broadcast to thousands of lig 1 CHICAGO, August 4.—Overcome by | Poses for Pictures. By the Associated Press. PHILADELPHIA, |dent Coolldg: . August 4 —Pres: speclal train y the North Philadelphia station of t Pennsylvania railroad en route to | hington at 7 p.m. daylight- saving time yesterday. train “stopped at West Phila- station for two minutes the train crew was changed President Coolidge ca out on the | rear platform with Mrs. Coolidge ana posed for photographs. The Presi- dent’s face bore a serious expression, and beyond waving his hand to a fire- man on a shifting «ngine that passed, he did not make uny greeting to the small crowd of railroud men who stood about The train left West Philadelphia at 7:37 o'clock. APPEAR IN BALTIMORE. President and Mrs. Coolidge Pose for Photographs. By the Associated Press. BALTIMOR, Md August 4— President Coolidge’s train arrived at {Union station, Baltimore, at $:23 |o'clock vesterday evening and de- { parted for Washington three minutes later. The President and Mrs. Coo- lidge appeared on the rear platform of their car and posed for seve photographers. Mr. Coolidge wave |a greeting to several friends wh {stood on the platform. Only news paper men besides the railway em- | ployes were permitted in the train- shed. \Grief Crushes Gen. Dawes, Halting Tribute Over Radio throughout the country. Maj. ilton J. Foreman, a colleague es” in France, delivered a brief . and Irving Herriott, an at- read the President's last | teners torney. speech Sign Off Unfinished. “It's your turn now. general,” the announcer said, and the former direc- tor of the budget, whose explosive “Hel] Maria” before a senatorial in- vestigating committee made him unique among Americans, took his place. He spoke quietly and smoothly for a moment of the deceased chief, who had been a very dear friend His voice faltered, broke and he bowed his head and wept, his head in his arms on the table before him and his shoulders shaking with sobs “This is station WJAZ signing off sald the announcer. “Gen. Dawes ie unable to finish his talk.” o